And to state those requirements specifically:
The WVC80N firmware needs to be updated to:
- Record for up to 25 seconds before and 25 seconds after a motion detection alert (total - 50 seconds of video) - with the next event being recordable within one second after the previous recording ended.
- Use a UNC (Network) path to store the data for motion detection events (to a NAS or router attached storage device for example). This is in addition to the existing email and ftp delivery options.
Current firmware motion sensitivity, picture quality, and low light capabilities should be retained. Saving files as a .asf format is fine.
The camera utility should be updated to read the motion detected asf files as it does .sef files today (.ie - building a time line of events to play through, snapshot from, and print). If the asf files needed to be converted to sef files in order to do that I assume this is not reasonably difficult to do.
If you want to really go the extra mile - in addition to the above - The WVC80N firmware needs to be updated to:
- Record continuously to a UNC (Network) path or alternatively
- Record continuously as a series of short .asf files to a UNC (Network) path
Given that this device can out of the box record one 2 hour video segment I'm assuming that what I am proposing really is feasible.
At that point I'd say (assuming the link between the camera and storage can be reliably maintained) Linksys has a desirable product and serious alternative to hardwired cameras attached to a web enabled DVR.
